Men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year: Nominees - News - The PFA Men’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year: Nominees ThePFA.com 16/04/2015 17:04:00 We take a closer look at the nominees for the PFA Players' Player of the Year … DIEGO COSTA PFA Players’ Player of the Year Nominee: Diego Costa Club: Chelsea FC National Team: Spain DOB: 7/10/1988 Diego Costa arrived at Stamford Bridge with a big reputation and has more than justified Chelsea’s extensive efforts to secure his signature. Costa is strong and his robust style is certainly suited to the rigours of the Premier League. He made a great start to the season, scoring seven goals from his first four games and was voted the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month in August. The 26-year-old scored 64 goals in 134 appearances during his spell with Atletico Madrid.

At Chelsea Costa has been finding the net at a rate approaching a goal a game, as he sets his sights on adding a Barclays Premier League title to the La Liga crown he won with the Madrid club in 2014. DAVID DE GEA PFA Players’ Player of the Year Nominee: David de Gea Club: Manchester United FC National Team: Spain DOB: 7/11/1990 David de Gea’s journey in the Barclays Premier League is a great example of how world-class talent still requires determination, self-belief, hard-work and resilience. Having joined Manchester United in 2011 for a record British fee for a goalkeeper of £17.8m, the expectation on de Gea was huge. It was widely accepted that the Spaniard was a word-class shot-stopper, but his ability to adapt to the physicality of the English game wasn’t always such a given. After a testing start to his Old Trafford career, de Gea is now arguably United’s key player and is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers on the planet.

As we approach the climax of the 2014/15 campaign it is probably a fair assessment to say that Manchester United still remain a team in transition, but under the stewardship of Dutchman Louis Van Gaal, the Red Devils are looking stronger with every game. Whilst earlier in the season some of the Old Trafford faithful were frustrated with the manner of the team’s performances, the three-times European champions still managed to grind out results and this was in no small part due to the brilliance of de Gea. The United goalkeeper at times has looked unbeatable, consistently producing match-winning saves at pivotal moments. In November this resulted in the Spanish international being voted the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month. PHILIPPE COUTINHO PFA Players’ Player of the Year Nominee: Philippe Coutinho Club: Liverpool FC National Team: Brazil DOB: 12/6/1992 There have been a number of stand-out performers in a resurgent Liverpool side this season and few deserve greater plaudits than the young Brazilian. Philippe Coutinho has been an inspiration in a floating midfield role which allows him to exert his influence over games, utilising his pace, poise and deftness of touch.

A product of the Vasco da Gama academy, Coutinho continues to show maturity beyond his 22 years. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is excited by the prospect of his future potential, stating: "He is certainly going to be up there, there is no doubt about that. He has played very well. If he continues to progress the way he has, he will be a world class talent.” EDEN HAZARD National Team: Belgium DOB: 7/1/1991 It is the second year in a row that Eden Hazard has been nominated for both PFA Player’s Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the year. Signed from Lille in 2012 for a fee reported to be around £32m, Hazard had already won the UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year in consecutive seasons. In 2011/12 he became the youngest player to win the award, then in the following season he then repeated the feat, an achievement only matched by former Paris Saint-Germain striker Pauleta. Hazard is the current holder of the PFA Young Player of the Year award and has been an inspirational figure in Chelsea’s pursuit of the Barclays Premier League title.

Whilst Jose Mourinho has imposed his characteristic steel and a resolve onto the West London club, he has also assembled a vast array of attacking and creative talent, epitomised by the brilliant Belgian. Hazard’s balance and touch, combined with his low centre of gravity, has consistently caused havoc amongst opposition defences throughout the 2014/15 campaign. Hazard’s goal tally for the season is already well into double figures, and only Diego Costa has scored more at Chelsea. A key player for country as well as club, he was recently rewarded with a new five and a half-year contract at Stamford Bridge. HARRY KANE DOB: 28/7/1993 Harry Kane has shot to prominence after breaking through into Spurs' first-team this season. Initially restricted largely to cup performances, Kane’s form ensured he was given an opportunity in the Barclays Premier League, a chance he has grabbed with both hands. Currently joint top-goal scorer in the Premier League with 20 goals, Kane became the first Spurs player to break the 30 goal threshold in all competitions since Gary Lineker in the 1991/92 season.

The fact he is a home-grown talent has made his rise to stardom all the more special for Spurs’ fans, who proudly proclaim him as ‘one of their own’. Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is delighted with Kane’s progress and attitude, commenting: "He is mature and clever. He has had good support from his team-mates and the fans and he knows how to manage this situation." In March 2015, Kane burst on to the international scene scoring after only 79 seconds into his senior England debut and he was also crowned the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month. ALEXIS SANCHEZ DOB: 19/12/1988 Signed for Arsenal last summer for a fee thought to be around £35m. Joining from Catalan giants Barcelona, Sanchez’s talent was obvious and any questions as to whether the South American could adapt to the pace and physicality of the Premier League were quickly answered. The Chilean international has produced moments of technical genius and scored world-class goals this season, but for many it has been his work-ethic, power and persistence that has impressed in equal measure.

Sanchez’s nomination is recognition from his peers on the impact he has had during his first season in England, scoring 14 goals and providing 8 assists in the Premier League. His success will come as no surprise to his former Udinese team-mate and Italian international Antonio Di Natale who enthused: “I was amazed by his technical skills: he did things with the ball that were more typical of a juggler than a footballer. But what really impressed me was the approach he had to the everyday work. “In my career, I've seen a lot of talented players squandering their abilities with the wrong attitude, with a sort of indolence. Alexis was the contrary. “He was always ready to work harder in order to improve, to add some new trick to his natural talent.

This is probably his secret, and the thing that has allowed him to become one of the greatest players around today.” Dele Alli wins PFA Young Player of the Year 2015-16 | Football News | Sky Sports Dele Alli wins PFA Young Player of the Year 2015-16 By Lyall Thomas Hear Dele Alli's speech after he was named PFA Young Player of the year Tottenham star Dele Alli has been named PFA Young Player of the Year for 2015-16. The 20-year-old has taken the Premier League by storm since signing from League One MK Dons last year, scoring 10 goals and providing nine assists in 32 league appearances for Spurs. Alli beat team-mate Harry Kane, Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland, Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho, and Everton duo Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley to the award. It was announced at the PFA awards dinner at Grosvenor House in London on Sunday but Alli and Kane were not able to attend the gala because of their match against West Brom on Monday Night Football.

Leicester forward crowned PFA Player of the Year Former Tottenham player and manager Ossie Ardiles accepted the award on Alli's behalf, and Alli said: "Thank you Ossie, the Tottenham legend for receiving this award for me. "Sorry I can't be there tonight but we have a big game tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. "I feel honoured to win such a prestigious award and thank you to my friends, family and all the staff at Tottenham." Alli scored twice in a 4-0 win at Stoke last Monday Night Football The England international, playing in his first season in the top-flight, was also named in the PFA Team of the Year. Alli signed for Tottenham in January 2015 but was loaned back to MK Dons for the second half of the previous campaign, but he immediately caught the eye in pre-season when he nutmegged Luka Modric in a pre-season friendly against Real Madrid. Alli has formed a formidable partnership with Harry Kane The youngster was not expected to immediately break into Spurs first-team but he has been a regular since his first start in Tottenham's fourth Premier League game of the season - an away win at Sunderland.

It took Alli just two games to score his first Premier League goal, coming in Spurs' 1-1 draw away to Leicester City in August. He then became one of the youngest men to be called-up to the England squad for the friendlies against Spain and France in November. Alli scored his first goal for Tottenham in August's 1-1 draw at Leicester Against France at Wembley, Alli scored his first senior international goal on his first start - a sweet right-foot strike into the far corner from outside the box. Alli scored three times more before stunning the division with a wonder-goal at Crystal Palace on January 23, controlling a knock-on before looping the ball over a defender and volleying it home from distance to help win the game. At Stoke City last Monday Night Football, with Spurs still chasing for the Premier League title, Alli produced a magnificent performance, scoring twice in a 4-0 win .

Chelsea's Eden Hazard named PFA Player of the Year - BBC Sport BBC Sport Chelsea's Eden Hazard named PFA Player of the Year 26 Apr 2015 Eden Hazard joined Chelsea from French side Lille in 2012 Eden Hazard has won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award. Hazard, 24, has scored 13 goals and made eight assists in 33 Premier League games to help leaders Chelsea move to the cusp of the title. The award was voted for by the Belgian midfielder's fellow professionals. Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane, 21, was named PFA Young Player of the Year, while Chelsea midfielder Ji So-Yun took the Women's Player of the Year award. Media playback is not supported on this device Is Hazard a deserved PFA winner? Hazard, who won last season's young player accolade, was handed the prize at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on Sunday. "I'm very happy. One day I want to be the best and what I did this season is play very well, Chelsea played very well," he said. "I don't know if I deserve to win but it is good for me.

It is better to be voted by the players - they know everything about football. "Personally I have played a good season, I have been there in the big games and I scored a lot of important goals, this is why I'm better this season." Arsenal midfielder Leah Williamson, 18, won the Women's PFA Young Player of the Year award. Young Player of the Year - Harry Kane Harry Kane has scored 30 goals in all competitions this season The 21-year-old was voted Young Player of the Year despite only beginning to feature regularly for the White Hart Lane club in November. Kane has 30 goals in all competitions for Mauricio Pochettino's side this season and also scored on his England debut against Lithuania in March. "It is amazing. It is a very proud moment for myself and my family - hopefully the first of many to come," said Kane about his award. "I have got to keep working hard, but to be recognised by your fellow players is something special and it is a night I won't forget.

"I got the opportunity with the gaffer and I have really enjoyed my season so far - I have taken my chance." Kane's season in numbers Teams of the Year Six Chelsea players are in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year. Defenders Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry and Gary Cahill are joined by midfielders Nemanja Matic and Eden Hazard plus striker Diego Costa. Southampton full-back Ryan Bertrand and Spurs striker Kane are also in a team voted for by top-flight players. Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho and Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal also figure. Lucy Bronze, 23, is the only player from Liverpool's championship-winning side to be selected in the Women's Super League Team of the Year. Striker Troy Deeney, 26, is the only member of promoted Watford's side in a Championship Team of the Year that features players from nine different clubs. Five players from champions Bristol City are selected for the League One Team of the Year. The League Two select XI features players from Portsmouth, Plymouth, Southend, Bury, Luton, Exeter and Shrewsbury.

PFA Merit award - Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard are both heading for the MLS Former England midfielders Steven Gerrard, 34, and Frank Lampard, 36, shared the PFA Merit award. The veteran pair will leave the Premier League for Major League Soccer in the United States in the summer, having collected 220 England caps between them. "I'm a young boy from a council estate who has worked ever so hard to get to where I am today," said Gerrard, who will bring his 17-year career at Anfield to an end this summer when he joins Los Angeles Galaxy. "I have been lucky, I have had a fantastic career, it has been full of highs and lows but some of the highs I have achieved have blown me away and I achieved a lot of my dreams playing for Liverpool and England. "Frank is an unbelievable player, a world-class player and I couldn't ask for anyone better to share it with." Lampard, on-loan at Manchester City from New York City FC, added: "I have been fortunate enough to have had a long time playing in the Premier League along with Steven.

"It is a great honour to be alongside a player who himself has done so much for the game.

For the two of us to get it, it is a nice send-off and a nice ending for me." Eden Hazard wins PFA Player of the Year 2015 award following stellar season for Chelsea | Daily Mail Online Eden Hazard wins PFA Player of the Year 2015 award following stellar season for champions-elect Chelsea Eden Hazard has been voted the Player of the Year by his fellow professionals The Belgian has been in glittering form for Chelsea, scoring 18 Premier League goals so far Diego Costa, David de Gea, Alexis Sanchez, Harry Kane and Phillipe Coutinho were also nominees for the award Hazard has helped Chelsea to win the Capital One Cup and the club are on the brink of the Premier League title The 24-year-old received the Young Player gong last season - an award won by Spurs' Harry Kane this time out Harry Kane named PFA Young Player of the Year 2015: Tottenham striker beats off stiff competition to cap off dream season | Daily Mail Online comments Tottenham striker Harry Kane capped off an 'unreal' season as he beat off stiff competition to land the Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year 2015 on Sunday.

Kane has been in superb form for Tottenham this season despite starting the campaign as third-choice striker, netting 30 goals in all competitions for the club while also scoring on his senior England debut. It's been a memorable breakthrough year for Kane, who spent time on loan at Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich City and Leicester City before breaking into the Spurs first-team under boss Mauricio Pochettino. Harry Kane capped off an 'unreal' season to land the PFA Young Player of the Year 2015 on Sunday Kane has scored 20 Premier League goals for Tottenham this year in a dream breakthrough season The 21-year-old arrived on Sunday having also been shortlisted for the PFA Player of the Year award Tottenham striker Kane arrived at the PFA Awards on Sunday with childhood sweetheart Katie Goodland So proud to be named @PFA young player of the year!So many people I could thank!A special night I won't forget!

#PFA pic.twitter.com/HYRLPUPxr8 PFA Women's Player of the Year: Ji So-yun PFA Women's Young Player of the Year: Leah Williamson The Tottenham striker was congratulated on social media, with the likes of Gary Lineker and Spurs taking to Twitter to show their support. Kane came through the White Hart Lane club's youth ranks and he made his Premier League debut for Spurs during the 2012-13 season but it wasn't until this season that he broke into the first-team. He struck a free-kick winner from the bench at Aston Villa in early November and was then given a run of games by Mauricio Pochettino, with fellow frontmen Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor failing to deliver. And he has not looked back since. 'It is amazing. It is a very proud moment for myself and my family - hopefully the first of many to come,' Kane said of his award. RELATED ARTICLES Share 5k shares 'I have got to keep working hard, but to be recognised by your fellow players is something special and it is a night I wont forget. It is incredible, an incredible feeling. 'It is amazing.

It is a very proud moment for myself and my family - hopefully the first of many to come,' Kane said of his award. 'I have got to keep working hard, but to be recognised by your fellow players is something special and it is a night I wont forget. Kane tweeted before the ceremony: 'All set for the big night, big thanks to @paulsmithdesign for the suit!' In what has been a memorable breakthrough season, Kane also scored on his senior England debut The England international also scored a brace in Tottenham's 5-3 victory against Chelsea on New Year's Day The Tottenham striker was named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year on Sunday HARRY KANE BY NUMBERS 2 - Player of the Month awards won back-to-back by Kane, making him only the fourth player to do so in the Premier League. 3 - He scored his first Spurs hat-trick in the Europa League in 2014, and even finished the game in goal after a red card for Hugo Lloris. 4 - Kane spent spells on loan at four different clubs before making his mark at White Hart Lane: Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester.

6 - The striker had scored just six goals for Tottenham before a remarkable 2014-15 campaign. 8 - The age Kane was when he spent a year with the Arsenal academy. 20 - The number of goals hit by Kane in the Premier League alone so far this season. 21 - His age when he made his senior debut for England. 49 - Despite making this number of appearances this season, Kane wants to represent England in the Under-21 European Championships this summer. 79 - The number of seconds it took Kane to score in an England shirt after coming off the bench for a debut against Lithuania. 2015 - Kane has scored 16 goals since the turn of the year. 'It is incredible, an incredible feeling.' Asked to sum up his season in one word, Kane went for: 'Unreal.' Never doubting himself, had he been told 12 months ago this was his destiny, Kane said: 'I'd have said let's do it - let's get it on. 'A lot has changed since then but I have always believed in my ability and have been waiting for a chance to express myself.

I didn't think it would go as quickly as it has done but I have managed to ride the wave and the season has got better and better. 'I got the opportunity with the gaffer and I have really enjoyed my season so far - I have taken my chance and this is why we are here.' Kane has been the shining light of the Tottenham side, and said: 'We have worked hard and I have worked hard to get to where we are now. It is going great and hopefully it is the start with more to come.' His stand-out occasion of the season came not in a Tottenham shirt, but when Roy Hodgson ushered him into the England side, Kane scoring after 79 seconds of his debut off the bench against Lithuania on March 27, in a European Championship qualifier. Asked for his favourite moment, Kane said: 'Making my England debut and getting that goal - it was a very proud moment. It made it even more special. 'For a footballer, to represent their country is the pinnacle, and I'm very proud.

I was able to do that and it was a moment I won't forget.' Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino tipped the Chingford-born forward for even bigger things after he scored in the recent 3-1 win at Newcastle, to become the first Spurs player since Gary Lineker in 1992 to reach 30 club goals in a season. Kane beat off stiff competition from Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea (pictured) to win the award Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard (right) was joined by team-mate Philippe Coutinho at the awards bash Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, currently on loan at Manchester City, attended with fiancee Christine Bleakley 'He has big potential,' the Argentinian said. 'He is young and this is his first full season in the first team. We need to push him to try to improve his level because he has the potential to improve. 'He's happy in the changing room and all his team-mates are happy, and I think all our supporters and the club are happy at his achievement.' Kane captained the north London outfit for the first time in a goalless draw at Burnley earlier this month.

He also helped Pochettino's side reach the Capital One Cup final, where they lost 2-0 to Chelsea. Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has tipped Kane for bigger things, saying 'he has big potential' Riyad Mahrez: Leicester City forward named PFA Player of the Year - BBC Sport BBC Sport Riyad Mahrez: Leicester City forward named PFA Player of the Year 24 Apr Media playback is not supported on this device Riyad Mahrez dedicates award to team-mates Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award. Mahrez has scored 17 goals and made 11 assists in 34 league games to take Leicester to the cusp of the title. The award was voted for by the Algeria international's fellow professionals. Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli, 20, was named PFA Young Player of the Year, while Manchester City forward Izzy Christiansen won the Women's Player of the Year award. Media playback is not supported on this device BBC Football Daily: Leicester continue march to Premier League title Sunderland striker Beth Mead, 20, was named Women's Young Player of the Year.

Mahrez, 25, held off competition from Tottenham forward Harry Kane, Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, West Ham United midfielder Dimitri Payet and fellow Leicester men Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kante to win the award. He was handed the prize at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on Sunday, hours after scoring in his side's 4-0 win over Swansea City as leaders Leicester moved to within five points of the title. 4 2750 "Without my team-mates I wouldn't get this award," Mahrez, who joined Leicester from French second-tier side Le Havre in January 2014, said. "And for my manager and the staff - without them I wouldn't receive this award and I wouldn't score. It's the team spirit, and I want to dedicate it to them.

"It's extra special because if the players vote for me it's because they've seen I've been great this year so I'm happy." Media playback is not supported on this device Pundits pick their own PFA award shortlists Young Player of the Year - Dele Alli Dele Alli was named Football League Young Player of the Year in 2015 One year ago, Alli was getting ready to play at Rochdale for MK Dons having been loaned back to the League One club after signing for Tottenham for an initial £5m in February 2015. This season he has scored 10 times in 32 top-flight games to help Spurs challenge Leicester for the title. In addition, Alli has made six senior appearances for England, scoring in a 2-0 friendly win over France last November. Alli was unable to collect the award in person as Tottenham host West Brom on Monday, but former Spurs player and manager Ossie Ardiles collected the prize on his behalf. "Thank you Ossie, the Tottenham legend for receiving this award for me," Alli said in a video message screened at the awards.

"Sorry I can't be there tonight but we have a big game tomorrow." Media playback is not supported on this device Man City's Izzy Christiansen 'extremely proud' of award Teams of the Year The Premier League Team of the Year is made up of four Leicester players, four from Tottenham and one each from Manchester United, Arsenal and West Ham Leicester and Tottenham have provided eight players between them for the Professional Footballers' Association Premier League Team of the Year. Mahrez is one of a quartet of players from league leaders Leicester, while Alli is one of four men from Spurs. Ozil, a PFA Player of the Year nominee, misses out. Players from champions Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal dominate the Women's Super League 1 Team of the Year. Burnley, battling for promotion to the Premier League, have four players in the Championship Team of the Year. Goalkeeper Tom Heaton, defender Michael Keane, midfielder Joey Barton and striker Andre Gray represent the team that is currently top of the league on goal difference. Leaders Wigan have four players in the League One Team of the Year, with Reece Wabara, Craig Morgan, Yanic Wildschut and Will Grigg included.

League Two champions Northampton have three inclusions in the division's Team of the Year. PFA Merit award - Ryan Giggs Ryan Giggs made a club record 963 appearances for United Former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs, the most decorated player in the English game, won the PFA Merit Award. Giggs, 42, follows in the footsteps of former United greats Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Matt Busby and Sir Bobby Charlton in picking up the prize. Now assistant to manager Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford, Giggs made a club record 963 appearances for the Red Devils and won 13 league titles, four FA Cups and two Champions League crowns during a glittering career. Giggs, PFA Player of the Year in 2009 and two-time Young Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993, said: "When you win each award you look down the trophy and you see the players who have won it before and you realise what a great accolade it is. "This is the same. I've been here on the nights when people have won it and it's legends of the game.

"I'm fortunate to win it and I'll enjoy it." Watch highlights of the PFA awards on BBC One on Monday. The programme starts at 23:30 BST (Northern Ireland 23:45 BST and Wales 00:30 BST on 26 April). Eden Hazard wins PFA Player of the Year award – as it happened | Football | The Guardian PFA Player of the Year awards Eden Hazard wins PFA Player of the Year award – as it happened Eden Hazard was named PFA Player of the Year, while Harry Kane took home the Young Player of the Year and Ji So-yun won the women’s award Updated Sunday 26 April 2015 18.35 EDT First published on Sunday 26 April 2015 13.01 EDT Right, that’s your lot. I’ll leave you with one more shot of a banal trophy, for the road. Goodnight! Chris (@onedavebamber) So, to summarise for those of you who can’t be arsed to scroll down a bit, here are the winners of the awards announced tonight: PFA Player of the Year: Eden Hazard.

PFA Young Player of the Year: Harry Kane Women’s Player of the Year: Ji So-yun Women’s Young Player of the Year: Leah Williamson PFA Merit Award: Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard Here’s 51 seconds of pure fried gold from the PFA Player of the Year... PFA (@PFA) Hazard is asked about potential interest from Real Madrid, and says: “No, I’m staying.” In fairness, it would’ve been a majestically-timed announcement if he said he was off. Eden Hazard wins PFA Player of the Year award To the surprise of precisely nobody. And well-deserved it is too. Winner of the PFA’s Men’s Player of the Year, Eden Hazard. Photograph: Barrington Coombs/PA Here’s his charisma-packed reaction: “I’m very happy. One day I want to be the best and what I did this season is play very well, Chelsea played very well. I don’t know if I deserve to win but it is good for me. It is good, it is better to be voted by the players - they know everything about football. This is good. I’m very happy.” “We are almost champions, maybe this is the key.

Last season we finished third and this season we have an opportunity to win the league. This has changed from last season. “I continue like I did last season - I try to be the same. I try to score more goals than last season. Personally I have played a good season, I have been there in the big games and I scored a lot of important goals, this is why I’m better this season.” And the big one is coming up. The tension is unbearable... 18:15 Harry Kane wins Young Player of the Year The second biggest non-surprise of the evening. Eden Hazard was second in the voting. IS THAT AN OMEN FOR THE MAIN AWARD? Kane said: “It is amazing. It is a very proud moment for myself and my family - hopefully the first of many to come,” Kane said of his award. “I have got to keep working hard, but to be recognised by your fellow players is something special and it is a night I wont forget. “It is incredible, an incredible feeling.” Asked to sum up his season in one word, Kane went for: “Unreal.” Winner of the PFA’s Young Player of the Year, Harry Kane.

Photograph: Barrington Coombs/PA 18:12 Christine Deudney (@Pops_Mum) @NickMiller79 Who's going to win the GE (assuming we don't already know by the time this is over)? Jesse Jackson. He’s running, right? A match between 11 duck sized Harry Kanes and one Harry Kane sized duck? - Thomas Wolldridge I’ll take the duck-sized Harry Kanes. Have you got a good name for the band I’ve just founded? - Patrick Michael Hull Steve. Ji So-yun wins Women's Player of the Year PFA’s Womens Player of the Year Ji So-Yun. Photograph: Barrington Coombs/PA She said: “It is a big honour to receive this award - I want to thank Chelsea Ladies’ players and staff. “I’m really, really happy to be nominated alongside Hazard, I’m really proud of myself and Chelsea, and the Chelsea Ladies team.” 18:08 Chris Deeley (@ThatChris1209) @NickMiller79 Quick, switch to liveblogging in German. OR start tweeting old jokes at people covering never-ending awards presentations.

Leah Williamson wins Women's Young Player of the Year An announcement! A thing! Winner of the PFA’s Young Women’s Player of the Year, Leah Williamson. Photograph: Barrington Coombs/PA 18:03 If you were to have a dinner party and could invite one cartoon character to it. Who would you invite? - Steven Billing The owner of Tom from Tom & Jerry. She’s just a voice and a pair of feet so I wouldn’t have to cook anything and could just have a bacon sandwich. Being a Spurs fan I hope Kane wins it. Do you have any inside information regarding summer transfers ? - Trevor Titmus Yes - Arsenal are preparing a £2million bid for Kane. Daniel Levy will negotiate them up to £2.25million. No. She’s almost certainly out of your league and you’re going to die alone. Leo Watkins (@leowatkins) @NickMiller79 can you take bets on what implement Alan Shearer is going to use to murder Robbie Savage live on MOTD?

17:57 Tom Price (@sixstringtom) @NickMiller79 What advice would you give someone who wants to avoid having to do MBM reports of tedious awards shows...ohwaitnevermind. Let’s not be a smartarse now, Tom. Smiffy (@marksmith51035) 17:52 Christ this is dragging on. Times like this one of those nodding bird things that Homer uses in the episode he works from home would be useful. Of course, that nearly caused a nuclear meltdown, but the stakes aren’t quite as high here at the Guardian. Anyone got any questions? Doesn’t have to be about football - just general advice on life. Email nick.miller@theguardian.com or tweet @NickMiller79 Updated Nice selection here, although that one on the far left is a little flamboyant for my liking. It isn’t sure what it wants to be, either - is it a trophy? Is it a shield? Is it a cup? Dave McClelland (@daveinho98) @NickMiller79 Just some of the trophies, My favourite being most improved player from chelsea soccer schools.

pic.twitter.com/HgTOtDqcTp Trophy update. Textbook stuff here - shield with a football on it, cup with a disproportionately big base. Lovely. Daniel Hicks (@ddm_hicks) @NickMiller79 My only football tournament win Gedney Under 11s 6-a-side and the famous Camp Champ FPL trophy. pic.twitter.com/tz1urEHjlk The ‘turn’ is on. One imagines he’ll cause less of a ludicrous stir than Reginald D Hunter. Alan Smith (@alansmith90) Clive Allen won the thing in 1987. As you’ll recall, he had a brief spell as a kicker for short-lived American football team the London Monarchs after his playing career ended. Clive Allen, the London Monarch’s famous No.5. Photograph: CRAIG, PRENTIS/ALLSPORT Nothing much appears to be happening at the moment. This is excitement in action. Here’s another trophy from a bloke on Twitter. Feel free to send in pictures of your favourite trophies. The more banal the better.

Max Mclean (@maxmclean10) Would stick with ‘Your Engraving Here’ too, never mind who wins... Football Clichés (@FootballCliches) The PFA trophy's a bit much. All individual football awards should be this chap with a side-parting & plastic plinth. pic.twitter.com/OrYZUOd4z6 Gary Lineker lifted the award back in 1986, the season he scored 38 goals for Everton. He then left for Barcelona, and invited Willie Thorne out to share some drinks. Gary Lineker and Willie Thorne kick back. Photograph: Colorsport/REX Shutterstock Here’s Phil Coutinho with the little trinket you get for getting in the team of the year. He looks pretty happy about it, too. Philippe Coutinho part of the PFA Team of the Year. Photograph: Barrington Coombs/PA Here’s Ritchie Humphreys, chairman of the PFA, giving his speech. Or reading some experimental poetry. Difficult to tell, really. Ritchie Humphreys (@ritchiehumphs) Kenny Dalglish won in 1983. Here he is catching up on some correspondence.

Even kings have to do their paperwork. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Bob Thomas/Getty Images 16:24 Alex Hess (@A_Hess) Seems that whoever used to design the typeface for RL Stine's Goosebumps books has since been employed by the PFA pic.twitter.com/AYDlomQtd6 Another former winner, Terry McDermott, lifted the prize in 1980. Here he is playing cards with Phil Thompson on the Charity Shield. Terry Mc and Phil Thompson. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Bob Thomas/Getty Images 16:12 In his acceptance speech, Steven Gerrard says he’s looking forward to playing in the Major League Soccer, but afterwards he’d like to come back for a job at Liverpool. What job, isn’t clear. “Hard work, sacrifice, a bit of luck along the way and to be surrounded by great staff,” says Gerrard, when asked about the secret of his success. Quick story about Gerrard, that makes me laugh much more than it probably should.

He was on the phone to someone while going round a supermarket with his wife, but he broke off halfway through the conversation to turn to said wife and say: “How many times do I have to tell you - I can’t eat fuckin’ Pringles.” Norman Whiteside doesn’t seem that impressed about it, mind... Norman Whiteside (@NormanWhiteside) 16:03 Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard have been given the PFA Merit Award, which seems to be the equivalent of a lifetime achievement thing they give to people like Paul Weller at the Brits every year. Still, bit weird that they’ve raided someone’s nan’s hearth to get a couple of trophies for it. PFA (@PFA) The internet is weird... Alejandro Arreola (@AlexDaHitman) @PFA Excellent account, you are the best, could you please follow me? I'm a big fan of you! Thank you and please don't ignore me! Another past winner, Andy Gray, who lifted the top award in 1977 (becoming the first of three players to also win young player in the same year). Here he is in the suit he wore to the ceremony. Andy Gray.

Photograph: Bob Thomas/Bob Thomas/Getty Images 15:28 A nice moment as a tribute is paid to Dylan Tombides, the West Ham youth player who died earlier this year of testicular cancer, aged just 20. For more on Tombides, Daniel Taylor wrote about him earlier this year : His next three years are a reminder what a callous, indiscriminate disease this is, and the horrors its sufferers have to go through. It’s brutal, chemotherapy. It strips your muscles, it wipes you out, it tests your sanity. There is an old quote: “The goal is pretty much to kill everything in your body without killing you.” And every time those little drips of poison appeared to have beaten the cancer, every time Dylan and his family thought they could start to live properly again, it returned within six to eight weeks, stronger than before. He was dying a slow death but, boy, he did everything he could to try to see the bastard off. Dylan is not the first professional footballer to contract cancer. He may be the first, though, to continue playing during the ordeal. He made his debut for West Ham with the disease in his body.

He played in the Asian Under-22 Championships in Oman three weeks after intensive chemotherapy. 15:18 How ‘bout some past winners, eh? Going back to the start, Norman Hunter won the first award in 1974, and said a few years ago about it: To me personally it meant everything. It was one of the best things that had ever happened to me. My fellow pros voting for me, a defender, with the reputation I had? It gave me a lot of pleasure and a lot of satisfaction. It was definitely one of the best moments in my career without a doubt and from a personal point of view probably the best. It was the first one. Everybody was in there for it. The gaffer told me - and how he knew I don’t know - that I was going to win it and he was right. Among the pros I got a lot of congratulations. I had this reputation and all that went with it, but players weren’t going to vote for you if you couldn’t do the other things well, it’s as simple as that.

If all I could do was tackle and supposedly kick people and things like that, all the players of the day would certainly not have voted for me, so for me personally it was the best recognition. You just don’t get that award if you can’t play. It’s the top award for any footballer. 14:58 Ben, North London, dons his tinfoil hat to write: “Harry Kane clearly deserves the award. If Hazard wins then the pro Chelsea conspiracy will be proven correct.” Speaking of conspiracy theories, there’s an absolutely sensational one stating that Tupac is still alive and well, one of the pieces of ‘evidence’ for which is that whoever ‘shot’ him fired loads of bullets but none of them hit Suge Knight (who has his own problems at the moment), who is a big man, and therefore should’ve been hit. In fact, there are loads along similar lines. Here are some . 14:05 So, here we are. The annual distribution of peer-voted trinkets, the worth of an entire season boiled down to who gets the biggest collection of Xs in their respective boxes.

There’s probably room at this point for an extended riff on this being just like the election (because that’s soon, isn’t it! The election! Soon! It also features voting!), but we’re all better than that, and if we go down the ‘footballers as political parties’ route then we could head for some pretty choppy waters. Even though we probably all know who’s going to win, it is worth familiarising ourselves with the nominees, so here they are: PFA Player of the Year Eden Hazard - Chelsea 13:01 Six Chelsea players feature in the PFA’s Premier League team of the year, which was announced on Twitter ahead of tonight’s PFA Awards ceremony. Player of the Year nominees Diego Costa and Eden Hazard are joined in the team by defenders John Terry, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic and midfielder Nemanja Matic, while Harry Kane features after scoring 31 goals for Tottenham this season. Manchester United’s David de Gea is named in goal, with fellow Player of the Year nominees Philippe Coutinho and Alexis Sánchez also included. Southampton’s Ryan Bertrand, who joined the Saints permanently from Chelsea in January, completes the team at left-back.

But who will win the main award? Nick Miller will be here shortly to take you through the ceremony.

Question: Who was voted PFA Young Player of the year 2015?
Answer: HARRY KANE